Meet our Pastors
Welcome to New Life Presbyterian Church! One of the realities of living in Southern California is that you have many churches to choose from as you look for one to call home. The choice is a difficult one to make. We are not the biggest church around. We are not the smallest. But we are a church committed to the central and objective historical reality of Christianity–the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Everything we do here revolves around three basic principles: Celebrating Life in Christ, Cultivating Growth in Christ, Communicating Christ to the Culture
Ted Hamilton
Senior Pastor Ted is a native Southern Californian. He did his undergraduate work at Stanford University. He also got his law degree at Stanford Law School... [Read More]
Robin Lee
Executive Pastor Robin is a graduate of UC Berkeley (1996) and of Westminster Seminary California (2008). He was born and raised in Southern California and thinks In-N-Out is perfect. He met his wife Irene... [Read More]
Kevin Daane
Pastor of Congregational Care Kevin is a graduate of Calvin College (1987) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and of Westminster Seminary California (2005). Born and raised in the upper mid-west, he met his wife, Kathy... [Read More]
Julius Kim
Pastor of Outreach and Community Groups Dr. Kim has been a professor at Westminster Seminary California since 2000, teaching courses in homiletics, cross-cultural missions, pastoral ministry and the history of preaching... [Read More]
James Kwak
Pastor of Worship and Music
James graduated from UCSD (2006) and Westminster Seminary California (2012). He grew up in Monterey Bay county loving the ocean and the game of golf. He met his wife, Alys, at UCSD and since getting married they have been blessed with their two sons, Jeremiah and Isaiah.
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John Kong
Pastor of Christian EducationJohn is a graduate of Vanderbilt University (2008) and Westminster Seminary California (2019). He was born in Nashville, TN, but grew up in Taiwan from the age of 3 until he graduated high school.
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Meet our Staff
Irene Lee
Children's Ministry Director
Mitchell Dong
Communications Director
Brian Frick
Director of Technology, Special Projects, Pastoral Intern
Bob Pasch
Facilities Manager
Dianna Huston
Counselor to Women
Allison Van Egmond
Women's Ministry Coordinator
Lesa Haugh
Administrative AssistantMeet our Elders
Ruben Bons
Mike Dudley
Mike Fabel
Gordon Gustafson
Rob Jenks
Peter Jones
Julius Kim
Brian Qualls
Pete Sara
John Robertus
Nathan Van Egmond
John Yphantides
Newman Lee (Emeritus)
Meet our Deacons
Art Bergquist
Steve DeMoss
Clint Dudley
Doug Failla
Alex Ferda
Jim Foy
Howard Iwashita
Richard Jungas
Brad Lawhorn
David Lenhert
Martin Lim
Chris Love
Paul McFadden
Brian Melonakos
Bob Pasch
John Savidge
Edwin Tungol
Mark Van den Herik
Jason Winter
Want to worship with us?
If you want to know more about the salvation Jesus offers, please drop by the church or give us a call at 760.489.5714. We hope with all our hearts that you are made to feel at home here at New Life.
